If a person is retired, why would they want employment? Well many factors need to be considered.Firstly a retiree may be facing a drastically reduced income, but expenditure may be on the increase. Retirees home based bills like heating and lighting may go up because they are at home all day. That combined with the rise in the cost of living and any possible reduction in investment income may force a retiree to consider going back to employment.For a retiree employment might be a good option if they want to keep their skills up to date, to keep up with technology. Simply because there are people at work that they have professional relationships with may mean for a retiree employment is important for social reasons.Retiree employment may provide new skills for a retiree which can help keep the mental agility of younger years. However, if your employer wants you to retire and cannot offer you any more hours, even part time, then you will face the idea of a new job. Jobs that are pretty hard to find these days.One option is to consider self employment as opposed to retiree employment. There are many benefits.You can still earn an income, and learn new skills. You can make friends on the many forums there are for workers at home. You can keep up to date with technology and work the hours you choose, and retire when you are ready and not a day before. There are so many benefits to being your own boss.So how are you actually going to get some work at home? While there are many products out there to help, there are also many scams. How do you know which is which?Some are good honest sites that give great information. Unfortunately also there are many scams out there too! So how do you avoid the scams that want to rip you off?In order to find out which are which, it is always a good idea to see what people are saying about any product you come across. If you put the name of the product into your search engine, and have a read about what people say about it. Forums are particularly good for this.